Biden tells Netanyahu he expects ‘significant de-escalation TODAY on path to ceasefire’ in Gaza

President Biden demanded that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scale back attacks on Gaza during a phone call Wednesday, urging him to begin moves toward a ceasefire.  It marks a shift from Biden’s public position of support for Israel’s right to defend itself from Hamas rocket attacks and follows another night of strikes against targets in … Read more

Biden tells Netanyahu he expects ‘significant de-escalation TODAY on path to ceasefire’ in Gaza

President Biden demanded that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scale back attacks on Gaza during a phone call Wednesday, urging him to begin moves toward a ceasefire. It marks a shift from Biden’s public position of support for Israel’s right to defend itself from Hamas rocket attacks and follows another night of strikes against targets … Read more

Israeli strikes have set Hamas militants back ‘many years’ says Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that air strikes have set Hamas militants back ‘many years’.  He made the comments as the country continued its air strikes on Gaza, in violence which has so far killed at least 215 Palestinians including almost 100 women and children, In Israel 12 people, including two children, have … Read more

Benjamin Netanyahu defends Gaza air strikes and says US knows ‘d**n well’ it would do the same

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended his attacks on the Gaza strip, saying a country has a right to defend itself, and argued the United States knows ‘d**n well’ it would do the same thing. In a defiant interview on CBS’ Face the Nation, Netanyahu denied any political motivation for the attacks that have … Read more

Benjamin Netanyahu defends Gaza air strikes and says US knows ‘d**n well’ it would do the same

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended his attacks on the Gaza strip, saying a country has a right to defend itself, and argued the United States knows ‘d**n well’ it would do the same thing. In a defiant interview on CBS’ Face the Nation, Netanyahu denied any political motivation for the attacks that have … Read more

Netanyahu vows unrelenting bombardments to crush Hamas as death toll in Gaza rises over 120

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Friday to crush Hamas with unrelenting bombardments as the death toll in Gaza rose to over 120, including 31 children and 20 women, with 900 people wounded. The leader’s fiery comments came amid growing fears of a Lebanese incursion into Israel, with residents in the country’s northern region told … Read more

Netanyahu rejects Hamas ceasefire plea after nine of their commanders were ‘neutralised’

Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a peace offering from Hamas as Israel today pressed ahead with fierce bombardments on the Gaza Strip which have crippled the Islamists’ command structure and levelled their bases. Barrages since Monday have killed nine top Hamas commanders, including their intelligence chief, their lead missile designer and their terror boss in Gaza … Read more

Antony Blinken assures Benjamin Netanyahu of US support as Israel-Gaza conflict escalates

Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended Israel’s right to defend itself on Wednesday as he dispatched an envoy to the country in an effort to prevent hostilities between Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli military from escalating into all-out war. Israel says militants have fired more than 1000 rockets into its territory while … Read more

Benjamin Netanyahu declares a state of emergency in Lod after mayor warns ‘civil war has erupted’

Benjamin Netanyahu has declared a state of emergency in the central city of Lod as police accused Arab residents of waging ‘wide-scale riots’. The Israeli Prime Minister’s statement came after an Israeli Arab was killed there the previous night as violence soared between Israel and the Palestinian territories. Netanyahu himself is understood to have gone … Read more

Benjamin Netanyahu declares a state of emergency in Lod after mayor warns ‘civil war has erupted’

Benjamin Netanyahu has declared a state of emergency in the central city of Lod as police accused Arab residents of waging ‘wide-scale riots’. The Israeli Prime Minister’s statement came after an Israeli Arab was killed there the previous night as violence soared between Israel and the Palestinian territories. Netanyahu himself is understood to have gone … Read more